scholarly journals Formation of Ecological Consciousness as the Basis for Ecological Worldview (by the Example of the Ecological Discourse of Germany)

2021 ◽  
pp. 2754-2761
Author(s):  
Alla Valer’evna Zaitseva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Ecological Worldview

scholarly journals Exploring and Promoting Ecological Consciousness in Teacher Education: the Possibilities of Educational Action Research in Education for Sustainable Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inga Gedžūne ◽  
Ginta Gedžūne
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Research In Education

Exploring and Promoting Ecological Consciousness in Teacher Education: the Possibilities of Educational Action Research in Education for Sustainable DevelopmentThe paper reports on the findings of a qualitative study with 39 first year students of pre-school and primary school teacher education programmes who are taking an educational action research based study course "Environmental Pedagogy". The study aimed at engaging the students in reflection on their experiences of interaction with nature and uncovering their views on ecological consciousness. Qualitative content analysis sought emergent themes in students' reflections. A conceptual framework was identified containing three frames of reference: (1) inclusion-oriented frame of reference; (2) exclusion-determining frame of reference and (3) solution-oriented frame of reference. Conclusions were drawn about the possibilities of educational action research to encourage students' reflection on ecological consciousness and building sustainable and inclusive relationships with the world.

Runaway: Gregory Bateson, the Double Bind, and the Rise of the Ecological Consciousness, Andrew Chaney (2017)

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-276
Author(s):  
Joel Ward
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Double Bind ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Gregory Bateson ◽  
Chapel Hill

Review of: Runaway: Gregory Bateson, the Double Bind, and the Rise of the Ecological Consciousness, Andrew Chaney (2017) Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 304 pp., ISBN 978-1-46963-173-8, h/bk, $32.95, Kindle, $14.74

scholarly journals Ethical Correlates of Environmental Consciousness among Members and Non-Members of Nature Club

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahina H ◽  
Dr. Neelima Ranjith
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Environmental Consciousness ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
School Students ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Ecological Worldview

The need and relevance of the concerns for nature and a pro-environmental attitude and behaviour is at its peak in the present world. It has been long recognized that ecological balance and safety of nature is central to human existence on earth. Despite this understanding, human activities are deteriorating the earth. If this situation is allowed to continue, the earth will soon turn out to be a useless and lifeless planet, along with marking the very end of human existence. One way to tackle this crisis is to reduce and prevent human actions that pose threats to nature and environment. A sustainable change in such actions is achieved effectively only by bringing about a change in ethics, values and attitudes of people. Ethics refers to a code of conduct. Values held by people contribute to their ethics. Since values are acquired, it can be instilled into people through different means; also implying that they are changeable. The concept of environmental consciousness refers to specific psychological factors related to individual’s propensity to engage in pro-environmental behaviors (Zelezny & Schultz, 2000:367). Environmental consciousness can also be addressed as the psychological dimension of pro-environmental behavior. Objectives: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the ‘ethical correlates of environmental consciousness among members and non-members of nature club’. Method: (a) Participants: The study was conducted on 54 high school students from various schools in Ernakulam district, Kerala. Participants included both members (n=21) and non-members (n=33) of any kind of nature club. (b) Materials: The Ethical Values Assessment (EVA- Jensen & Padilla, 2004) and New Ecological Paradigm Scale- Revised (NEP Revised-Dunlap, R. E., & Van Liere, K., Mertig, A., &Jones, R. E., 2000). EVA measures 3 categories of ethics, namely: Ethics of Autonomy, Ethics of Community and Ethics of Divinity. NEP scale assesses ecological worldview along 5 dimensions, namely: Reality of Limits to Growth, Ant anthropocentricism, Fragility of Nature’s Balance, Rejection of Exemptionalism and the Possibility of Eco-crisis. (c) Analysis: Analysis was done using ‘t- test’ and ‘correlation’. (d) Results: There is significant difference between members and non-members of nature club in the dimensions Ethics of community, Overall ethics, Overall ecological worldview and Awareness of the possibility of eco-crisis. Students with membership in nature clubs have higher Ethics of community, Overall ethics, Overall ecological worldview (significance at 5% level) and Awareness of the possibility of eco-crisis (significance at 1% level). Also, Overall ethics has a significant positive correlation with Overall ecological worldview. Conclusion: Membership in nature club is found to enhance better environmental consciousness and ethics. The study implies that making students part of nature clubs facilitate pro-environmental behavior and better ethics.

scholarly journals Epistemologiczne i metodologiczne aspekty sozologii

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 427-431
Author(s):  
Marian P. Krysiak
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Methodological Aspects

It seems necessary that the police surroundings should get known about the natural environmental protection which sozology is. During the research that I carried out among the policemen I’ve done the questionnare about information and ecological consciousness of the police. I’ve examined 500 policemen. Just 2 % of the surveyed brought the environmental protection to their mind, 98% wrongly thought just about ecology. This situation forces wider defining teh sozology and presenting its episthemological and methodological aspects. What is more it demands wider participation in police teaching programmes.

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